Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Macbook Pro Helps

C

Casey01

macrumors member
Original poster
Nov 28, 2010
96
0
Wisconsin
So I finally got a Macbook Pro(First Apple computer) and I am ECSTATIC! :D
I just have a few questions.

The MBP comes with only 100GB of HDD space. I might need more. So the question is: If I were to upgrade it would it be best to either buy a new internal one? or get an External Drive?

The MBP only comes with OS X Leopard. Is it worth the extra $30 to upgrade?(Or save up for Lion?)

Here are the specs if anyone is interested.

Macbook Pro 15 inch
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Processor Type: Core Duo
Processor Speed(per Core): 2.16Ghz
Processor Config.: Dual Core
RAM: 2GB
HDD Space: 100GB

My other question is. This has 2 cores right? Because it says Dual Core? Also will this easily satisfy my needs of typing documents for school, editing photos, music for iPod, and possibly video editing?
 
Casey01 said:
So I finally got a Macbook Pro(First Apple computer) and I am ECSTATIC! :D
I just have a few questions.

The MBP comes with only 100GB of HDD space. I might need more. So the question is: If I were to upgrade it would it be best to either buy a new internal one? or get an External Drive?

The MBP only comes with OS X Leopard. Is it worth the extra $30 to upgrade?(Or save up for Lion?)

Here are the specs if anyone is interested.

Macbook Pro 15 inch
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Processor Type: Core Duo
Processor Speed(per Core): 2.16Ghz
Processor Config.: Dual Core
RAM: 2GB
HDD Space: 100GB

My other question is. This has 2 cores right? Because it says Dual Core? Also will this easily satisfy my needs of typing documents for school, editing photos, music for iPod, and possibly video editing?
Click to expand...

I might struggle with heavy video editing, as it's only 2.16 C2D... I think that's a what... 2007 MBP? Non-unibody. Means it has the 8600m GT GPU if I recall correctly.

I like snow leopard, and for $30 hard to pass up.

I would put a new internal drive in it... get a 500 or 750GB 7200rpm HDD (I wouldn't bother with an SSD in it, but you could go that route)... that's just me though.
 
It's not going to be heavy. Just some lightly edited snowboarding videos. I'm so HAPPY to be apart of the Apple Community now :D :D
 
Definitely go internal - externals will be bottlenecked by their transmission platform (i.e. USB, FW, etc).

Definitely go for SL - it's only $30 anyways.

It is a dual core, though you say it's a Core Duo, which may make it an X1600... it may struggle under really heavy load...

Congrats on the new mac!!
 
im not sure if this is heavy load but like high graphics games, intense photshop/adobe applications, final cut pro, things like that i guess

ohh! youre lucky you have a MBP! im still waiting for mine, havent ordered it because my dad's friend's friend is getting us a discount and he said monday and today is tuesday and no email :( and im freaking out in a mild way. lol!

but im getting it before christmas!
 
I don't have it JUST yet. It should be here at the latest next tuesday/wednesday. But the most graphical editing I will do is the HDR effect on my photography. The most video editing is intro's and the such to Snowboarding Videos, and the most gaming would be Civilization V(I love that game). Should that handle it?
 
i dont know much for that stuff - im sry, maybe another poster will help out :D

but as far as upgrades go- definitely upgrade the HDD to an SSD! they are more awesomer and cooler and amazinger (if those are words of beauty) and they will make your computer very fast. also invest in some ram too.. get 8 gigs if its cheaper, but 4 gigs will suffice :D

EDIT: CAN YOU POST A DESCRIPTION OF THE MBP ie. the year built, etc. im not sure if you can upgrade the components (someone please check for me!)
 
Casey01 said:
I don't have it JUST yet. It should be here at the latest next tuesday/wednesday. But the most graphical editing I will do is the HDR effect on my photography. The most video editing is intro's and the such to Snowboarding Videos, and the most gaming would be Civilization V(I love that game). Should that handle it?
Click to expand...

heavy load as in when rendering videos or converting them to a different format, it will take a bit longer.

if money is an issue don't get an SSD. Instead get 7200rpm HDD, and then upgrade to 8gb of ram.

I would tell you to get an SSD if your HDD wasn't so small. Because even if you get an ssd with a 100gb hdd external it's going to run out fast. That's why I suggest getting an 7200rpm HDD first and later down the road when the SSDs are cheaper you can get an SSD and either optibay your 7200rpm HDD or use it as an external.
 
According to the First poster it's probably a 2007 version. Here are the specs

Macbook Pro 15in
OS: OS X Leopard
Processor: 2.16 Ghz Core Duo with 2 cores
2GB RAM
100GB HDD

Picture:
BEwUQQBGkKGrHqIOKpIEyjCoKTBM-mZo2dg_12.jpg
 
The RAM and HDD are upgradeable.

That is a fairly low power machine by today's standards but will be fast enough for what you need. The only thing you will struggle with is editing 1080p video.

Don't expect to do any gaming either.
 
Gaming isn't really my thing. And I doubt I'll be doing 1080p Video. But what about watching in HD? Is that going to be an issue?
 
Casey01 said:
Gaming isn't really my thing. And I doubt I'll be doing 1080p Video. But what about watching in HD? Is that going to be an issue?
Click to expand...

Most likely not. I had issues on my Mac Pro (tower) with watching HD content in VLC but I switched to Boxee and now I don't have any issues.
 
Okay. So my list of to do's is:
Get 1 more GB of RAM and bigger Hard Drive.
But should I really get Snow Leopard or just wait till Lion?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back